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To: E. Graphs who wrote (17571)	3/24/1998 5:52:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

>>In SEATTLE story headlined ''Microsoft to open software center in India,'' pls read in 10th graf ...9,800 research and development positions... instead of ...1,700 software development positions... (correcting figure and description of positions)<< Hey since Novell moved their entire development staff to India I guess Microsoft does have to do one better :) Next will be netscape? >>''The primary reason we are doing this is the availability of a large amount of talent in India,'' said S. ''Soma'' Somasegar, who will oversee work at the new development office from Microsoft headquarters.<< Wonder what happened to the 1/10th to 1/20th pay scale that top programmers there demand. Also they dont demand as much freedom of expression. IE they do as they are told rather than what they think should be coded :)